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Job role: Health Care Assistant and Social Prescriber
Company name: NHS jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £24,000.00 to £26,600.00 per year
Job Sector: Health Care
Job reference: U0053-25-0015
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About the Job:
Refer and liaise with a range of statutory and voluntary sector support agencies, ensuring the person has access to a wide range of support Social prescribing is part of the role utilising the resources available to signpost to the right person that can offer help support.
Facilitate an awareness of the different resources available other than the health care sector that can help individuals holistically.
Building relationships with the wider teams such as the volunteer sector and local councils.
Where necessary identify urgent needs taking relevant action or liaison and familiarise with individual practice protocols.
Refer for relevant equipment including telecare to increase the persons independence.
Offer review and support to implement coping strategies to help manage mental health and dementia needs by referrals and signposting,
Provide guidance and support to increase the use of selfcare methods.
Take a holistic approach to supporting the assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of the patient which includes undertaking basic clinical observations to accurately assess and monitor a patients blood pressure, pulse respiratory rate, temperature, oxygen saturations, and take blood samples, and has an awareness of escalation procedures at each individual practice including emergency procedures and when to ring 999.
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